In honor of April Fool’s Day, this week’s episode is about being fooled, specifically quantitative things that can fool you, accompanied by some classic songs about being fooled. Along the way, Greg and Patrick also discuss ukus, the spaghetti harvest, sucker!, meet the new boss, traditions of doing things wrong, naked garbage bag poker, old […]
S4E22 April Fools! The Quantitative Things That Fool Us Read More »
In this week’s episode Patrick and Greg discuss the dark art of using regression diagnostics to assess how well assumptions are met in the general linear model, with applications to the wide array of related techniques. Along the way they also mention Big Pharma, Merriam-Webster, free-radical opioids, baguettes, antisocial personality disorder, Elon Musk, yoinked, Trinity
S4E19 The Dark Art of Regression Diagnostics Read More »
In this week’s episode Greg and Patrick discuss variable transformations, both linear and non-linear, and explore the potential pros and cons of using these in applied research settings. Along the way the also discuss prank phone calls, English drama, rapping Dr. Seuss, persnickety estimation, weekly banana intake, it don’t make no never mind, Jeffry Bezos,
S4E17 Variable Transformations: Box-Cox, Fox in Socks Read More »
